tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post115539083693968487..comments2024-02-24T09:14:44.403+00:00Comments on The Poor Mouth: Remembering the Berlin Walljams o donnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1155483492938024192006-08-13T16:38:00.000+01:002006-08-13T16:38:00.000+01:00to call Bush undemocratically elected in 2000 was ...to call Bush undemocratically elected in 2000 was utterly justifiable but he did win the 2004 without the same level of controversy - not that I relish his presence in the White House at all (an understatement!)<BR/><BR/>I don't doubt that Chavez has done a fair few good things but my point was that despite the victories of leftist candidates across South America they are not necessarily alike. I really don't see Bachelet, for example, having an awful lot in common with Chavez in many respects.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, cozying up to the likes of Ahmadinejad was at best an idiotic act. Having said that it is not hard to find a photo of Rumsfeld cozying up to Saddam in the 80s.jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1155462175606864702006-08-13T10:42:00.000+01:002006-08-13T10:42:00.000+01:00The Chavez propaganda is a little tiresome - Many ...The Chavez propaganda is a little tiresome - Many very needy folk in a number of US cities were provided with cheap heating fuel my Venezuela - Chavez is a democratically elected leader (unlike some we know) who does not have the benefit of support from the Venezuelan media, most of which is owned/controled by those financed by the US.<BR/>He has eradicated illiteracy in his country and (most importantly) has cut the amount of oil money leaving the country and is redirecting it into projects that are rebuilding depleted industries within. Ergo the negative propaganda from the undemocratically elected Bush & co.Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15637097897454660933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1155458843278180182006-08-13T09:47:00.000+01:002006-08-13T09:47:00.000+01:00Time will tell piaces. What I dearly hope is that ...Time will tell piaces. What I dearly hope is that wre do not have memorials at the radioactive craters that once were Damascus, Tehran and Jerusalemjams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1155458784349607672006-08-13T09:46:00.000+01:002006-08-13T09:46:00.000+01:00I found Chavez cozying up to Ahmadinejad pretty si...I found Chavez cozying up to Ahmadinejad pretty sickening but I wouldn't tar all of the recently elected leftist leaders in South America with the same brush. I don't think Bachelet in Chile or Lula da Silva in Brazil would have too much common ground with Chavez. Morales in Bolivia is an interesting character but again not quite in the Chavez mould perhapsjams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1155414846220555112006-08-12T21:34:00.000+01:002006-08-12T21:34:00.000+01:00Lets hope that someday we'll get to remember the I...Lets hope that someday we'll get to remember the Israeli wall...Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15637097897454660933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1155404986116118062006-08-12T18:49:00.000+01:002006-08-12T18:49:00.000+01:00Megalomaniac lunatics, jams, that demand complete ...Megalomaniac lunatics, jams, that demand complete and total control over the populace.<BR/><BR/>This renews my concern for South America and its burgeoning Communist movement ala Hugo Chavez.elasticwaistbandladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643871078268503643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1155392322113678452006-08-12T15:18:00.000+01:002006-08-12T15:18:00.000+01:00It certainly showed the Communist regimes in their...It certainly showed the Communist regimes in their true light. What sort of lunatics execute people for wanting to leave?jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1155391936367393372006-08-12T15:12:00.000+01:002006-08-12T15:12:00.000+01:00Excellent post. An unprecedented event in history....Excellent post. An unprecedented event in history.?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01992276117548193938noreply@blogger.com